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Education



2017--2021. PhD in Physics (Theoretical Cosmology). Facultat de Fisica. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain).

2015--2016. Master in Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology. Facultat de Fisica. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)

2011--2015. Degree in Physics. Facultat de Fisica. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)

2010--2011. Bachelor. I.E.S Sant Just Desvern, Sant Just Desvern (Spain)

Research experience and career

2025-present. YLC Assistant Professor. Nagoya University.

 

2024-2025. Postdoctoral fellow at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Tokyo). Host professor: Prof. Kazunori Kohri.

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2022-2024. JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) postdoctoral fellow. Nagoya University (Japan). Host professor: Prof. Chul-Moon Yoo.

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2021-2022. Postdoctoral researcher. University of Brussels (ULB) (Belgium). Host professor: Prof. Sebastian Clesse.

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July 2021-September 2021. Postdoctoral research. University of Barcelona and Autonomous University of Barcelona. 

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2017-2021. PhD in theoretical cosmology. University of Barcelona (Spain). Supervisor: Prof. Cristiano Germani.

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2016-2017. Research in ultracold atomic physics. University of Barcelona (Spain). Period of one year. Supervisors: Prof. Muntsa Guilleumas and Prof. Bruno Juliá.

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2016. MsC thesis research. University of Barcelona. Supervisor: Cristiano Germani.

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2015. Research in astrophysics. IAC, Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias (Spain). Period of 3 months. Supervisors: Prof. Alexandre Vazdekis and Dr. Francesco La Barbera.

Talks and posters at conferences and workshops

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05/2024. Conference: Barcelona Black Holes (PBHs), Barcelona, Spain. Invited Talk Contribution: Simulations of Primordial Black Hole formation.

 

03/2024. Workshop: FY2023 "What is dark matter? - Comprehensive study of the huge discovery space in dark matter", Kyoto, Japan. Talk Contribution: Induced gravitational waves from a smooth crossover and their implications on the PBH scenario.


02/2024. Workshop: YITP long-term workshop Gravity and Cosmology 2024, Kyoto, Japan. Talk Contribution: Induced gravitational waves from a smooth crossover and their implications on the PBH scenario.


11/2023 Workshop: 32nd Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan (JGRG 32), Tokyo, Japan. Talk Contribution: PBH formation from overlapping cosmological fluctuations.

 

11/2023. Workshop: IPMU Focus Week on Primordial Black Holes, Tokyo, Japan. Talk Contribution: Formation of trapped vacuum bubbles during inflation, and consequences for PBH scenarios.


09/2023. Workshop: 78th Annual Meeting of The Physical Society of Japan, Sendai, Japan. Talk Contribution: Formation of trapped vacuum bubbles during inflation, and consequences for PBH scenarios.

 

07/2023. Workshop: YITP molecule workshop: Revisiting cosmological non-linearities in the era of precision surveys, Kyoto, Japan. Talk Contribution: Numerical simulations of vacuum bubble formation and its consequences on the PBH scenario.

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07/2023. Conference: XV International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (ICGAC15), Gyeongju, Korea. Talk Contribution: Formation of trapped vacuum bubbles during inflation, and consequences for PBH scenarios.

 

06/2023. Conference: New Horizons in Primordial Black Hole physics, Naples, Italy. Talk Contribution: Formation of trapped vacuum bubbles during inflation, and consequences for PBH scenarios.

 

03/2023. Workshop: YITP molecule workshop: Non-linear Nature of Cosmological Perturbations and its Observational Consequences, Kyoto, Japan. Talk Contribution: Numerical simulations of vacuum bubble formation and its consequences on the PBH scenario.


03/2023. Conference: Dynamics of primordial black hole formation, Tokyo, Japan. Invited Talk Contribution: Numerical simulations of vacuum bubble formation and its consequences on the PBH scenario.


07/2022. Conference: PASCOS conference, Heidelberg, Germany. Talk Contribution: Formation of PBHs during the QCD phase transition.

 

07/2022. Online Conference: Cosmology from home. Online Talk Contribution: Formation of PBHs during the QCD phase transition.

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07/2022. Conference: 23rd International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Online Talk Contribution: Numerical simulation of PBH formation during the QCD phase transition.

 

06/2022. Conference: Gravity: Current challenges in black hole physics and cosmology, Tokyo, Japan. Online Talk Contribution: Formation of PBHs during the QCD phase transition.

 

05/2022. Conference: IBERICOS, Barcelona, Spain. Talk Contribution: Numerical formation of PBHs during the QCD phase transition

04/2022. Workshop: Mini-Workshop on Primordial Black Holes, Brussels, Belgium. Talk Contribution: Simulation of Primordial Black Holes with large negative non-Gaussianity.

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09/2021. Online workshop General Relativity and Gravitation workshop, JGRG30, Tokyo, Japan. Talk Contribution: Simulations of PBHs with non-Gaussianities.


07/2021. Online Meeting 16th Marcel Grossman Meeting, Rome, Italy. Invited Talk Contribution: Effects of the shape of curvature peaks on the formations of PBHs.


03/2021. Online Meeting 15th Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Lisboa, Portugal. Talk Contribution: Numerical simulations of primordial black holes and universal threshold.


02/2020. Meeting ICCUB Winter meeting, Barcelona, Spain. Invited talk contribution:  Numerical simulations of PBH formation and universal threshold.


09/2019. Meeting European Einstein Toolkit Meeting, London, UK. Talk contribution: Numerical simulation of PBH formation with spectral methods and universal threshold.

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08/2019. Conference 15th Reencontres du Vietnam Cosmology, Quy Nhon, Vietnam. Talk contribution: Universal threshold for PBH formation.


05/2019. Workshop Spring workshop on gravity and cosmology, Warsaw, Poland. Talk contribution: Numerical techniques for simulation of PBH formation.


06/2018. School School: Cosmology2018 Cosmological Applications from First Stars, Reionization and 21-cm Observations, Barcelona  Spain. Talk contribution: Beyond dimensional analysis, Higgs and new Higgs inflation do not violate unitarity.
 
06/2017. School Kraków School of Theoretical Physics, LVII Course, 2017 . Entanglement and Dynamics in Zakopane, Kraków, Poland. Talk contribution: Two connected Bose-Hubbard rings: Static properties and vortex dynamics.


03/2017. Conference IX Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigadores en Física Atómica y Molecular, Sevilla, Spain. Talk contribution: Two connected Bose-Hubbard rings: Static properties and vortex dynamics.
 

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Poster presentation

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11/2023. Workshop: Gravitational Wave Probes of Physics Beyond Standard Model, Osaka, Japan. Poster Contribution}: Induced gravitational waves from a smooth crossover and their implications on the PBH scenario.

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09/2019. Meeting VII Meeting on Fundamental Cosmology, Madrid, Spain. Poster contribution: Universal threshold for PBH formation.

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10/2017. Les Houches predoc school on Cold atoms and quantum transport, Les Houches, France. Poster Contribution}: Dynamical transfer of vortex states in two coupled Bose-Hubbard rings.


09/2017. Conference Quantum Optics IX conference in Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. Poster Contribution: Dynamical transfer of vortex states in two coupled Bose-Hubbard rings.


Schools

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06/2023. ICCUB School 2023: Primordial Black Holes, Barcelona, Spain. Invited lecturer.

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09/2022. CosmoLattice School 2022, Valencia, Spain.


01/2020. Nordita Advanced Winter School on Theoretical Cosmology, Stockholm, Sweden.


07/2017. Onassis Lectures 2017 in Physics: Quantum physics frontiers explored with cold atoms, molecules and photons}, Heraclión, Greece. Travel and accommodation expenses paid by the Onassis Foundation.

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06/2017. Kraków School of Theoretical Physics, LVII Course, 2017 Entanglement and Dynamics in Zakopane, Kraków, Poland. Talk contribution: Two connected Bose-Hubbard rings: Static properties and vortex dynamics.

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